Category: archives
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‘Iron Nine’ win finale in District 12 softball
By: Sean Moylan Somewhere along the line the East Windsor 10-year-old Little League All-Star softball team lost a few players and Amanda Oberg suffered a tournament-ending wrist injury (but she still came to every game and supported her teammates), which caused East Windsor assistant coach Glenn Manochio to start calling the club the "Iron Nine."…
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Fighting diabetes with fancy footwear
Flip-flip funds go to good cause By: Jessica Beym Nine-year-old Ashley Cukier wants to see Cranbury residents walking around in style. The stylish footwear she’s selling comes with a $12 price tag, but Ashley says the money all goes to a good cause. For the past few weeks Ashley, a resident of Perrineville Road, has…
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DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Thoughts on Thomas Wolfe
Changes in the area inspire questions on the definition of "home" By: Hank Kalet "It doesn’t matter where you are, It doesn’t matter where you go If it’s a million miles away or just a mile up the road Take it in, take it with you when you go, Who says you can’t go home"…
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Johnson following brother’s footsteps
Monty 10s head to regional level By: Justin Feil For nearly all of the Montgomery 10-year-old all-star baseball team, traveling to New York for the Mid-Atlantic Regional will be a new experience. Not for Robert Johnson. In fact, he’s been to plenty of regional games through the years to follow older brother Dale’s Montgomery all-star…
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Penn Brook celebrates win
PASDA By: Tim Falls Scott Orr and many members of the Penn Brook swim team slept late last Friday. Some slept really late. For instance, Coach Orr was woken up at 2:55 p.m. The young coach had a reason to still be asleep in the middle of the afternoon. The Penn Brook swim team had…
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Kids (and parents) learn at ice-cream social
Generations come together for learning and ice cream By: Audrey Levine It could be a scene from the 19th century. Children churn a mixture of milk, cream, sugar and flavoring, desperately trying to make ice cream to cool off on a hot summer day. Others laugh with their friends as they use sticks to throw…
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Lessing tapped to fill school board vacancy
He replaces Dottie Bradley, and will serve on the board until the school election in April 2007. By: Donna Lukiw A familiar face was appointed to serve on the Manville Board of Education on Tuesday night to fill the seat vacated by Dottie Bradley in June Ken Lessing. Mr. Lessing, of Dukes Parkway, served…
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POLICE BLOTTER
By: Joseph Drevnak, 36, of South Main Street, was charged with disorderly conduct at 12:45 a.m. July 4 while walking on South 17th Avenue. Police said Mr. Drevnak was ringing a resident’s doorbell at 11:30 p.m. and was also shouting obscenities. He was transported to headquarters, processed and transported to Somerset County Jail in lieu…
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Handyman drowns in Elm Ridge client’s pool
Man was acquaintance of West Shore Drive residents By John Tredrea A 30-year-old handyman from Ohio drowned Sunday afternoon in the pool at the Hopewell Township residence where he was working for a week, police said. The man was swimming in the pool, went underwater and did not come up for an unknown reason. The…
